Beautiful LEH visit

Day 6 - Leh Sightseeing and body acclimatization
Today morning I was quite relaxed, as I don’t have to ride anywhere. I woke up by 8:00am and went to DC office at 9:00am to get my Inner Line Permits Issued for my upcoming travel. I got my Permits issued by 11:00am.

Then I went to see the beautiful Leh Palace, located at a hill. Apart from palace, there was a Castle and temple also, where we can reach by trekking. So I did some 30 mins climbing on hill to reach that castle. I have spent good 2 hours to cover these two places, had my lunch at a local restaurant and came back to my hotel around 2:30pm to take some rest. As it was quite tiring due to high altitude.

Then around 5:00pm, I again went out to get the fuel for my bike. I bought two 10 litre petrol gallons and 2 extra bungee chords. Later in evening I visited the local market and drive around some places. I had my dinner by 9:00pm and came back to hotel and slept by 11:00pm.

*** About Inner Line Permit – From April 2017, the government authorities have made it compulsory to obtain an Inner line permit for Domestic and International travelers visiting some of the protected areas of Ladakh.

You need to get Inner Line permits issued to visit anywhere in Ladakh and get them issued from DC office. There is some nominal fees for it, which you need to pay. (400 INR per person and 20 INR per person for each day you spend in Ladakh. I have paid 520 INR for my six days travel in Ladakh to cover these places – Khardungla, Nubra, Turtuk, Pangong lake, Hanle & tso-moriri.

ILP is required for some areas like Nubra valley, Khardung La, Pangong Tso, Tso Moriri, Dah, Hanu Villages, Man, Merak, Nyoma, Loma Bend, Turtuk, Tyakshi, Chusul, Hanle, Digger La, Tangyar (for trekking only). No permits are required to visit the local places near Leh town or Leh local sightseeing, places on Srinagar Leh Highway, places on Manali – Leh Highway.

Inner line permits are issued from DC office in Leh town. Timing of the Leh DC office are 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM, however the application forms needs to be submitted before 3 pm. Self attested photocopies of valid nationality proof, Photo-IDs are necessary to procure Inner Line Permits.

In the application form, you need to express your interest to visit the places you wish to travel along with the dates you would be visiting these places in your Leh trip.

Validity of the inner line permits are 3 weeks for Indians and 1 week for foreigners.

In order to get the permits for Hanle and Changthang or to go to Tso Moriri via Chusul – Nyoma route from Pangong Tso you need to mention all places enroute so that you are not sent back from any post. These places are: Man – Merak – Chusul – Tsaga – Loma – Nyoma and hanle.

Watch all the Episodes of My Ladakh Trip:

Episode 1.) Delhi-Ambala-Ludhiana-Amritsar - https://youtu.be/OGWggm5P-GY

Episode 2.) Amritsar-Pathankot-Udhampur-Ramban-Srinagar - https://youtu.be/0Oo-IcRemyg

Episode 3.) Srinagar-Sonamarg-Jojila-Drass-Kargil - https://youtu.be/IqwRB6GuKjE

Episode 4.) Kargil-Magnetic Hill-Gurudwara Pathar Sahib-Leh - https://youtu.be/I8teXM-_32I

Episode 5.) Leh-Khardungla-Disket-Hunder(Nubra Valley) - https://youtu.be/VlpXxkp_3LM

Episode 6.) Hunder to Turtuk (Last village of India) - https://youtu.be/QtFqQcFbI20

Episode 7.) Hunder(Nubra valley)-Durbuk-Pangong Lake - https://youtu.be/FfKN6pIgdNI

Episode 8.) Pangong Lake-Changla Pass-Leh - https://youtu.be/_Jix4Fpg4XI

Episode 9.) Leh-Karu-Upshi-kiari-Chumanthang-Nyoma - https://youtu.be/PkKGyBRVX8w

Episode 10.) Nyoma-HANLE-Sumdo - https://youtu.be/PNlZAAhYQaY

Episode 11.) Sumdo-Tsokar-Debring-Pang-Lachungla Pass-GATA Loops-Sarchu - https://youtu.be/ZpPIDKh07_g

Episode 12.) Sarchu-Baralachala Pass-ZingZing Bar-Darcha-Jispa-Keylong-Rohtang Pass-Manali - https://youtu.be/iZeri4rHF3M

Episode 13.) Manali-Kullu-Mandi-Chandigarh-Delhi - https://youtu.be/MDxZ-IpkEaQ